Car-seat.



No. 869,122. I PATENTED OCT. 22. 1907.

H. WITTE.

CAR SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED" APR. 20, me.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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CAR SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1906.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

No. 869,122. PATENTED OCT. 22. 1907.

H. WITTE.

CAR SEAT.

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' HUBERT WITTE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

GAR-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

Application fil dhpril ZOI 1906- Serial N0f312 91L To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known thatI, HUBERT Wrrrn, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Seats, of which thefollowing I is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in car seats, andhas for its object to produce a seat which is susceptible of forming oneunit in making up with other units one long longitudinal seat upon oneor both sides of a car, independent transversely arranged seats upon oneor both sides of the car, or a partial longitudinal, and partialtransverse seat or seats on one or both sides of the car.

The invention further consists in novel features of construction,arrangement and combination of the several parts all as will hereinafterbe pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a side elevation of my improved seat, the base thereof beingshown in section. Fig. II is a side elevation, partly in section,illustrating two of my improved seats in longitudinal alinement witheach other, one of which seats is in the position of that shown in Fig.I, while the other is represented as having been tilted forwardly to aposition to permit of its being turned on its axis without interferencewith the other Fig. III is a perspective view of the seat supportingpost. Eig. IV is a top or plan view of my improved seat, the cushionseat having been removed, together with portions of a seat arranged oneach side thereof. Fig. V is a horizontal, longitudinal section of aportion of a car showing my improved seats in plan view the seats uponone side of said car being so arranged as to form practically bne longlongitudinal seat, while the seats upon the opposite side of the car arearranged to form independent transverse seats. Fig. V1 is a sectiontaken on line VI+VI, Fig. IV. Fig.VII is a perspective view of amodification.

- 1 designates a supporting base which is designed to rest upon and besecured to the floor of a car, said base being provided with a circularbore 1. I

3 designates what I will term the seat supporting post, and whichconsists of a circular portion 3 and a non-circular portion 3, thecircular portion 3 being designed to fit within the bore 1 of the base1, the juncture of said circular portion3 and the non-circular portion 3producing a shoulder which rests upon the upper face of the base 1. Bythe construction just described it will be seen from an inspection ofthe drawings, particularly Fig. I, that the seat post 3 is pivotallysupported by the base 1, and to prevent withdrawal of the post 3 fromthe base 1, I form upon the lower end of the post 3 a screw threadedshank 3' that receives a nut 4.

A designates the seat proper which consists of a back cushion 5 andfaseat cushion 6, the two members being supported by L-shaped members 7which are tied together by strips or cross-pieces 8 and 9. The framewhich is formed by the elements 7, 8 and 9 has arranged upon its underside a bracket 10 secured thereto, pref erably by screws or bolts whichentersaid strips 8 and 9. This bracket 10'is provided with a verticallongitudinal slot 10, and through which the upper end of the seatsupporting post 3 passes. Near the upper end of the seat supporting post3 is a reduced portion 3 and by which construction lateral projections 3and shoulders 3 are formed. It is this reduced portion which fits withinthe slot 10 of the'bracket 10, and permits of, sliding engagement ofsaid bracket upon said post 3,

said bracket and post being inseparable however by virtue of theaforesaid projections 3 and shoulders 3".

11 designates a brace link, one end of which is designed to enter theslot 10 of the bracket 10 and which is pivotally secured to said bracketby means of a bolt or pin 12. The other end of said brace link 11 passesthrough a slot 3 in the post3 and is pivotally secured to said post bymeans of a bolt or pin 13. The extreme outer end of the brace link 11,next adjacent the bolt 13, terminates in what I shall term a latch 11.so proportioned as to protrude some distance outside of the post 3 andwhen the parts are in the position shown in Fig; I, .to engage or enterone of a plurality of notches V 1 formed in the upper face of, and incommunication with the bore 1 of the base 1.

14 designates angularly arranged brace rodswhich are secured at one endto the post 3, and for convenience I have made use of the pivot bolt 13to effect their fastening. These brace rods rise upwardly, rearwardlyand laterallyfrom the bolt 13, and enter sockets 7 formed in theL-shaped members 7 (see Fig. VI). ends of these rods, which enter thesockets 7, are screw threaded and are each provided with a nut 15 whichnut acts as a stop to limit the downwardmovement of the seat A, it beingobvious that said nuts can be adjusted to any desired position asoccasion may require.

For the purpose of steadying the seat when it is in position for use, Iprovide a steadying rest which consists of the following parts.

16 is a leg that is provided at its lower end with a pair of divergingfeet 17 and the upper end ofwhich is secured to the bracket 10 by a bolt18 passing through said members.

19 are stay rods that connect the legs 16 to the end frame members 7 ofthe seat and serve to hold said leg rigid relative to the seat frame.

.The base l-has upon its upper side shoulders 20 that are spaced apartsufficiently to permit of the feet of the leg 16 being positionedbetween them when said feet are lowered to the base, whereby the feetare restrained from lateral movement when resting on the base. It

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will be seen that as the leg 16. and its feet are rigidly i that theconnected to the seat frame, said leg will be moved with the frame whenit is tilted and rotated in the manner to be presently explained, andthat when the seat is again lowered to using position the steadying restmembers will afford ample means for bracing the seat while it is in use.Y

22 designates foot rest legs of V-shape which are secured at their'upperends to the seat frame members 7 and which depend from said framemembers. These foot rest legs have attached to them foot rods 23 adaptedto receive the feet of passengers occupying seats at the rear of theseats to which the foot rests are applied when the seats are arrangedone in front of another.

The operation of the seat is as follows: When it is desired toconvert'the seats in a car equipped with my dinal seat such as isillustrated at B in Fig. V, ,to inde-z pendent transversely arrangedseats such as is illustrated at C in said figure, or vice versa, or tomove any one or more of the seats from the position it or they occupy toanother position, the person desiring to thus change the position of theseat takes hold pf the back 5 and pulls the same forwardly to theposition illustrated by the near seat in Fig. II, whereupon it will beseen that the bracket 10 will be caused to slide forwardly upon the post3, that the brace link will assume an upright position and come incontact with said post 3, that the latch 11 becomes disengaged. from'the notches l of the base 1 and is located wholly within the slot 3' ofsaid slot 3. It will be observed that the rear edgeof, the seat proper Ahas now been tilted forwardly and been considerably elevated and broughtquite close to the axis of rotation, namely, the center of the post3,and from an inspection, of Fig. IV wherein the position just describedis illustrated by the heavy dot and dash lines, the seat can be rotatedin one direction or the other without interference with the nextadjacentseat. This movement is illustrated in Fig. IV by means ofarrows. When the desired position of the seat'is reached the seat properis permitted to fall by gravity to its natural position where it willbecome locked against .further' rotary motion by the latch en ing fromthe seat frame members and having mounted therein a.footrod.23. 24 arefeet attached to the foot rest members and extending downwardlytherefrom so yma'y be brought to rest upon the floor on which the seatis mounted to steady the seat when in position for use, but which arefree of connection to the floor, thereby providing for the movement ofsaid foot rest members with the seat when it is tilted and shifted inorder that the feet may be again lowered to the floor in a differentposition to steady the seat.

I claim.

1. A car seat consisting of a base, a seat supporting post pivotallymounted thereon, a seat proper, a bracket carried by said seat properand which is slidably mounted on said seat post, and a link pivotallyconnected to said bracket and said seat post, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

2. A car seat consisting of a base, a seat supporting post pivotallymounted thereon, a seat proper, a bracket car ried by said seat properand which is slidab ly mounted on said seat post, a link pivotallyconnected to said bracket and said seat post, and means for locking saidseat proper against rotation when said seat proper is in certainpositions, substantially as described. 7

3. A seat consisting of a base provided with a plurality of notches, aseat supporting post pivotally mounted thereon, a seat proper, a bracketcarried by said seat proper and which is slidably mounted on said seatpost, a link pivot ally connected to said bracket and said seat post andadapted to enter the notches in said base, and means for locking saidseat proper against rotation when the seat proper is in certainpositions, substantially as described.

4. A seat consisting of a base having a plurality of notches, a seatsupporting post pivotally mounted on said base, a seat proper, a bracketcarried by said seat proper and which is slidabiy mounted on said seatpost, a link pivotally connected to said bracket and said seat post,and. an extension carried by said link for engagement with tire notchesin said base for locking said seat proper to said base in certain of itsadjusted positions, substantially as described.

5. A seat consisting of a base having a plurality of notches, a seatsupporting post pivotally mounted on said base, a seat proper, a bracketcarried by said seat proper and which is slidably mounted on said seatpost, a link pivotally connected to said bracket and said seat post, anextension carried by said link for engagement with the notches in saidbase for locking said seat proper to said base in certain of itsadjusted positions, and brace rods for .cu'red to said seat supportingpost and engaging said seat proper, and adjusting means carried by saidbrace rods, substantially as described.

HUBERT \VITTE.

In presence of 7 EDWARD 'l. ROBINSON, FRANK Hanzcnn.

